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Tradition and Vain Worship
And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem, are gathered together to him,
And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem, are gathered together to him,
Jesus Teaches about Inner Purity
One day some Pharisees and teachers of religious law arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus.
One day some Pharisees and teachers of religious law arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus.
and seeing some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands,
They noticed that some of his disciples failed to follow the Jewish ritual of hand washing before eating.
(for the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands diligently, do not eat, holding what has been delivered by the ancients;
and [on coming] from the market-place, unless they are washed, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they have received to hold, the washing of cups and vessels, and brazen utensils, and couches),
then the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to what has been delivered by the ancients, but eat the bread with defiled hands?
So the Pharisees and teachers of religious law asked him, “Why don’t your disciples follow our age-old tradition? They eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony.”
But he answering said to them, Well did Esaias prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me.
Jesus replied, “You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote,
‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
But in vain do they worship me, teaching [as their] teachings commandments of men.
[For], leaving the commandment of God, ye hold what is delivered by men [to keep] -- washings of vessels and cups, and many other such like things ye do.
For you ignore God’s law and substitute your own tradition.”
And he said to them, Well do ye set aside the commandment of God, that ye may observe what is delivered by yourselves [to keep].
Then he said, “You skillfully sidestep God’s law in order to hold on to your own tradition.
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.
But *ye* say, If a man say to his father or his mother, [It is] corban (that is, gift), whatsoever thou mightest have profit from me by ...
And ye no longer suffer him to do anything for his father or his mother;
In this way, you let them disregard their needy parents.
making void the word of God by your traditional teaching which ye have delivered; and many such like things ye do.
And so you cancel the word of God in order to hand down your own tradition. And this is only one example among many others.”
What Defiles a Man
And having called again the crowd, he said to them, Hear me, all [of you], and understand:
And having called again the crowd, he said to them, Hear me, all [of you], and understand:
Then Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear. “All of you listen,” he said, “and try to understand.
There is nothing from outside a man entering into him which can defile him; but the things which go out from him, those it is which defile the man.
And when he went indoors from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
Then Jesus went into a house to get away from the crowd, and his disciples asked him what he meant by the parable he had just used.
And he says to them, Are *ye* also thus unintelligent? Do ye not perceive that all that is outside entering into the man cannot defile him,
“Don’t you understand either?” he asked. “Can’t you see that the food you put into your body cannot defile you?
because it does not enter into his heart but into his belly, and goes out into the draught, purging all meats?
Food doesn’t go into your heart, but only passes through the stomach and then goes into the sewer.” (By saying this, he declared that every kind of food is acceptable in God’s eyes.)
And he said, That which goes forth out of the man, that defiles the man.
And then he added, “It is what comes from inside that defiles you.
For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, a wicked eye, injurious language, haughtiness, folly;
adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
all these wicked things go forth from within and defile the man.
All these vile things come from within; they are what defile you.”
The Faith of the Syrophoenician Woman
And he rose up and went away thence into the borders of Tyre and Sidon; and having entered into a house he would not have any one know [it], and he could not be hid.
And he rose up and went away thence into the borders of Tyre and Sidon; and having entered into a house he would not have any one know [it], and he could not be hid.
But immediately a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell at his feet
(and the woman was a Greek, Syrophenician by race), and asked him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
and she begged him to cast out the demon from her daughter.
Since she was a Gentile, born in Syrian Phoenicia,
Since she was a Gentile, born in Syrian Phoenicia,
But [Jesus] said to her, Suffer the children to be first filled; for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.
But she answered and says to him, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even the dogs under the table are allowed to eat the scraps from the children’s plates.”
And he said to her, Because of this word, go thy way, the demon is gone out of thy daughter.
“Good answer!” he said. “Now go home, for the demon has left your daughter.”
And having gone away to her house she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.
And when she arrived home, she found her little girl lying quietly in bed, and the demon was gone.
Jesus Heals a Deaf and Mute Man
And again having left the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
And again having left the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
And they bring to him a deaf [man] who could not speak right, and they beseech him that he might lay his hand on him.
A deaf man with a speech impediment was brought to him, and the people begged Jesus to lay his hands on the man to heal him.
And having taken him away from the crowd apart, he put his fingers to his ears; and having spit, he touched his tongue;
Jesus led him away from the crowd so they could be alone. He put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then, spitting on his own fingers, he touched the man’s tongue.
and looking up to heaven he groaned, and says to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
Looking up to heaven, he sighed and said, “Ephphatha,” which means, “Be opened!”
And immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed and he spoke right.
Instantly the man could hear perfectly, and his tongue was freed so he could speak plainly!
And he charged them that they should speak to no one [of it]. But so much the more *he* charged them, so much the more abundantly *they* proclaimed it;
Jesus told the crowd not to tell anyone, but the more he told them not to, the more they spread the news.
and they were astonished above measure, saying, He does all things well; he makes both the deaf to hear, and the speechless to speak.
They were completely amazed and said again and again, “Everything he does is wonderful. He even makes the deaf to hear and gives speech to those who cannot speak.”